2023-12-03 17:28:33
It is not far from the Eiffel Tower, one of the highlights of the 2024 Olympic Games opening ceremony which is due to take place on July 26, that an assailant attacked several passers-by this Saturday evening on the Bridge. from Bir-Hakeim. Stabbed in the back and shoulder, a victim of German and Filipino nationality died, and two other passers-by were injured.
After this attack which took place in what will be one of the security perimeters of the Olympic Games, Frédéric Péchenard, the vice-president of the Île-de-France region said he was “much more reserved and much more worried” on the security of the Olympic Games. Guest of franceinfo this Sunday morning, the member of the Republicans estimated that there were “a certain number of risks” weighing on the security of the Olympics. Risks which, according to him, have increased since the Hamas attack in Israel on October 7.
“I think it would not be completely absurd and I imagine that it must be done to think of a possible plan B, if terrorist acts were to continue in our country,” he then continued, referring to the ceremony opening.
More of a “downgrade” than a plan B
“Without a doubt there are very important means that will be put in place. Will these resources be sufficient to monitor tens of thousands of people and hundreds of apartments? It is up to the Minister of the Interior and the government to make decisions,” said Frédéric Péchenard, former director general of the National Police, on franceinfo.
At the end of October, those involved in the Olympic Games were instead counting on a “winding down” of the opening ceremony of the Games in the event of security necessity, and refuting the existence of a plan B.
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